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Is Asus Thor 850w psu a good unit?

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Hi all, I just purchased the asus thor 850w 80+ platinum psu without doing much research because it was a good price. Is this a good psu to run a rx 6900 xt and ryzen 7 5800x3d?

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3 minutes ago, O_Bsnacks said:

Hi all, I just purchased the asus thor 850w 80+ platinum psu without doing much research because it was a good price. Is this a good psu to run a rx 6900 xt and ryzen 7 5800x3d?

 

As of last years PSU tiers list, yes this is a good unit.

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54 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

 

As of last years PSU tiers list, yes this is a good unit.

That's outdated.

They have the newest revision of the list here:

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

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The Thor 850w is on the A-Teir of the psu teir list, it is definetly a good unit.

PC Specifications: Intel i9-14900KF, 5.9GHz all core locked, 5GHz ring, 1.45v Medium LLC, E-cores and HT disabled | MSI RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 + Thermal Grizzly contact frame | 2x16 G.Skill Trident Z5 7400MHz 34-44-44-34 1T 1.45v (Tuned Subtimings, Hynix A-Die) | Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Elite AX | Windows 10/11 | EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 T2 | Phanteks P400A (Black non-rgb version, Phanteks T30 fans 3 intake (On AIO), 1 exhaust) | SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIE 4.0 (Boot drive), Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SATA

 

Displays: MSI MAG 271QPX 1440p 360Hz 27" QD-OLED | LG UltraGear 27GP950-B, 4K 144Hz (@120hz) 27" IPS

 

Desktop Audio: STAX SR-007 MK2 Electrostatic Headphones | STAX SRM-400S Amp | Schiit Bifrost 2/64 (NOS mode, USB in, XLR out)

 

Mobile Audio: Sennheiser IE 900 IEMs using included 4.4mm cable | FiiO KA13 "Desktop mode" Disabled

 

Peripherals: Razer Huntsman V2 Full size wired with linear optical switch | Logitech G502 Hero

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